BREAKING NEWS
HEADLINES
A TRUTH COMMISSION ON CLERICAL ABUSE
THE LORD SAYS TO LEADERSHIP ‘BE OPENED’
WHY WE STILL NEED A SYNOD ON YOUTH
THE POWER PLAY
DRIVING
THE LATEST VATICAN
CRISIS
WHAT
POPE FRANCIS SHOULD SAY IN IRELAND
SEXUAL ABUSE AND CLERICALISM
TO REFORM THE
CHURCH, WE NEED TO MAKE WOMEN CARDINALS
HOW CAN I THINK ABOUT BECOMING CATHOLIC
AFTER THE LATEST SEX ABUSE SCANDAL?
OTHER STATES LAUNCH
INVESTIGATIONS
AFTER BOMBSHELL
PENNSYLVANIA REPORT
SANCTIONS, SEX ABUSE, AND SILENCE: A PRIMER ON THE
POPE SAGA
WE CAN’T LET THE SEXUAL ABUSE
CRISIS LEAD US INTO HOMOPHOBIA
CARDINAL WUERL ADDRESSES CHURCH’S
‘PAIN, CONFUSION, AND DISILLUSIONMENT’
(IN CASE YOU WERE ON VACATION)
FORMER
MARQUETTE PRESIDENT WILD REQUESTS THAT
HIS
NAME BE REMOVED FROM A SCHOOL BUILDING
FROM WHERE YOU STAND, STAND UP
CATHOLIC FAITHFUL
DEMAND CHANGE AFTER SEX ABUSE SCANDAL
ENGLISH CARDINAL VINCENT NICHOLS BEGS
FORGIVENESS
FOR
‘HURT, DAMAGE, AND DISTRESS CAUSED BY
BISHOPS
WHY DO WE STAY IN THE
CHURCH?
THE (INACCURATE) MEMORY OF THE FORMER
NUNCIO WHO WANTS THE HEAD OF THE POPE
SEX ABUSE AND
CLERICALISM
PENANCE PROPOSAL FOR BISHOPS: SIX MONTHS IN REAL WORLD
THE
CHURCH NEEDS YOU NOW MORE THAN EVER
Responding to clergy sex abuse
In a recent Morning Briefing, Joshua McElwee provided a link to James Carroll’s article in The New Yorker titled “After Pennsylvania, What Pope Francis Should Say In Ireland.” Unfortunately, Francis didn’t say any of it. But he still can, and Carroll has some great ideas that could dramatically transform the entire church.
- Look on the current “crisis of sexual morality” as an opportunity, not a temptation.
- Empower deacons — 40,000 worldwide (13,000 in U.S.)— to preside at the Eucharist.
- Accept current proposals for women to be deacons.
Then, if you add one additional action to the package, you can make a full sweep: setting up “Truth Commissions” in every diocese, with all accused clerics (including bishops and members of religious orders) testifying on camera, under oath, before lay-led panels.
James Ewens
North Lake, WI.
North Lake, WI.
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